July 29, 2008 Officer Investigated in Toppling of Cyclist By JAMES BARRON A New York City police officer was stripped of his gun and badge on Monday after an amateur video surfaced on the Internet showing him pushing a bicyclist to the ground in Times Square during a group ride on Friday evening. The cyclist,
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My daughter and grand-daughter going for groceries in St. Paul.

This picture is the result of a collision between a RIPTA bus and a cyclist. A friend of the cyclist involved in this accident forwarded the picture to me.  Fortunately the cyclist was uninjured and needed no hospital care, but look at this poor bike! I scoured the internet to see if I could locate
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Sorry, this rant isn’t completely bike related, but I’m posting it anyways because I still can’t believe what I experienced. I was on my way home today when I approached two young ladies physically standing in the street in a painted crosswalk, obviously waiting to cross the road.  As I rolled up, I dutifully came
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I’ve been meaning to add a new category to the blog for a while now and I had an experience on my ride home last night that finally convinced me to take action. So, I added a category called “Tales from the Trenches” and I would encourage people to write well thought out accounts of
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